Cork-fastener.



0. E. BURNAP. CORK FASTENBR. APPLIOATION FILED D110. 6, 190a. RENEWEDDBO. 5, mo.

1,066,250. Patented July 1, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Co WASHINGTON u L CHARLES E. BURNAP, CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

GORK-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Application filed December 6, 1906, Serial No. 346,625. Renewed December5, 1910. Serial No. 595,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns E. BURNAP,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cork-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact specification.

My invention is concerned with a novel clip adapted to be sprung aboutthe neck of a bottle just below the enlargement, and which, when it isin place, enables me to quickly and firmly secure a cork in place bymeans of a filament, such as a string or wire, so that it cannot beforced out by any interior pressure that may arise from any cause, andwhich can be as readily released when it is desired to open the bottle,and which can be more readily used to secure the cork, or another one,as many times thereafter as may be desired.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a sheet of drawings, in whichthe same reference characters are used to designate identical parts inboth the figures, of which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention applied to the neckof a bottle and securing the cork in place; and Fig. 2 is a view of theclip detached, and with the associated filament.

The clip a is preferably, as will be readily seen, constructed of wirehaving sufiicient elasticity so that it can be sprung about the neck 6of a bottle, as shown in Fig. 1, just beneath the enlargement 0.Generally speaking, it consists of an annulus which is open at one side,the two ends terminating adjacent the opening, with the angles cl, andthe ends 6 are preferably extended a distance beyond these angles, sothat the cord f can be readily looped about them and a knot tied, ifdesired, to prevent its being disengaged therefrom. At the opposite sideof the annulus, two very acute angles are formed, preferably by crossingthe wire as shown, and the portion of the wire outside of the crossingis preferably bent into some suitable shape to form a means for holdingit readily, such as the two loops gg.

The method of using my invention will be readily apparent. The clip isslipped in place about the neck of the bottle, and the filament f, whichmay be a strong cord or 5 a small wire, is looped once 0r twice aboutthe angles d, and preferably knotted, as at h, to prevent its beingdisengaged when the bottle is again opened. The cork j is then forcedinto place and the filament passed over it, and the ends wrapped severaltimes in the acute angles, which serve to wedge it in place, and themore the filament is wrapped about it, and the more the cork pressesupward, the tighter the string is held, so that there is no possibilityof its being accidentally disengaged. Of course, the free end of thestring might be tied if desired, but it is entirely unnecessary, andwhen the cork is to be released all that is necessary is to take thefree ends of the string and unwrap them until they are released from theacute angles, when the cork is free to be withdrawn. If the bottle is tobe re-filled, the string and clip may be left in place until this is tobe done, when the cork can again be secured, with still less labor thanthe first time.

While I have shown and described my invention as embodied in the formwhich I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, itwill be understood that it is capable of some modifications, and that Ido not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the followingclaims except as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. A clip for the purpose described, con sis-ting of an elastic rod bentinto shape to form an annulus open at one side and having angles d oneither side of the opening and ends 6 extending beyond said angles, andat the other side crossed to form acute angles, substantially asdescribed, and provided with the loops 9 between the acute angles andoutside of the annulus.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bottlehaving an enlargement at the neck, of a cork therefor, a clip consistingof an annulus open at one side and having angles at either side of theopening adapted to be sprung about the neck of the bottle beneath theenlargement, and provided at its other side with acute angles, and asecuring filament adapted to be secured to said angles of the clip,sub-.

stantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a bottle having an enlargement in the neck thereof, ofa cork therefor, a spring clip consisting of an elastic rod bent intoshape to form an annulus open at one side and having angles at eitherside of the Opening, and at the other side crossed to form acute angles,and adapted to be sprung about the neck of the bottle beneath theenlargement, and a securing filament adapted to be secured to saidangles, snbstan ially as described. r

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 'hancland affixed my seal this6th day of December, A. "5D. 1906" CHARLES E. BURNAP. [L.S.]

WVi'tnesses:

' FRED "W. Booms,

J. HARRY CARNEs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eash, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

